Comic art donated to Cornell University Library
Recent gifts of comic art from two alumni have not only brought some laughter into the rare book vault at Cornell University Library but also some primary sources for scholars studying art and culture. (May 31, 2007)

Cornell press luncheon in New York City features Robert Frank
At the second Inside Cornell press luncheon, held May 22 at the Cornell Club in New York City, Robert Frank, professor of economics and regular contributor to The New York Times, spoke about his new book. (May 31, 2007)

The Ezra Files: Cornell builds Ithaca's first community library
In 1863, Ezra Cornell purchased a lot on Tioga Street for a library that contained commercial space to make it self-supporting. The Cornell Library was incorporated April 5, 1864, and opened Dec. 20, 1866. (May 31, 2007)

Al Gore trains two Cornellians to present 'inconvenient truths'
Al Gore's Climate Project has trained 1,000 volunteers -- including two Cornellians and a researcher and an educator affiliated with Cornell -- to give at least 10 presentations within a year. (May 30, 2007)

An apple peel a day might keep cancer at bay, study finds
Cornell researchers have identified a dozen compounds in apple peel that either inhibit or kill cancer cells in laboratory cultures. Three of the compounds have not previously been described in the literature. (May 30, 2007)

Reunion Weekend to feature forums, lectures and more
Cornell's Reunion Weekend 2007, June 7-10, will welcome close to 6,000 alumni from the Classes of 1932 to 2002 and their guests. (May 30, 2007)

Daniel Kops '39 extols freedom of the press in new memoir
Daniel Kops, former editor-in-chief of The Cornell Daily Sun, has published the memoir, 'Pigs or People,' in which he describes his belief that principled journalists can bring about positive social change. (May 30, 2007)

Sculptor Jack Squier to be featured in Reunion documentary
Professor emeritus Jack Squier and his wife, Jane, will be guests of honor at the June 9 premier of 'Simply Squier,' a documentary about Squier's life, work and nearly 50-year relationship with Cornell. (May 30, 2007)

Rick Lipsey '89 recounts life as Bhutan's first-ever golf pro
'Golfing on the Roof of the World: In Pursuit of Gross National Happiness' is alumnus Rick Lipsey's account of living and working in Bhutan in 2002 as a golf instructor. (May 30, 2007)

Preservation students, alumni help restore historic prison site
A group of 10 alumni and 25 historic preservation and planning students went to prison in April -- for a work weekend at the Eastern State Penitentiary complex in Philadelphia. (May 30, 2007)

Researchers make progress in the search for Alzheimer's treatment
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College are making progress toward understanding how immune-based therapies can treat Alzheimer's disease by studying how antibodies penetrate brain cells to reduce levels of amyloid plaques. (May 30, 2007)

Most call centers for U.S. consumers aren't abroad, study finds
Despite the move of many business services overseas, call centers serving U.S. consumers are still largely at home, a Cornell-led study finds. The study examined call center management and employment practices in 17 countries. (May 29, 2007)

Cornell recruits high school winners for linguistics contest
High school students Rachel Zax and Ryan Musa were the top winners in the inaugural North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad, March 29, which they entered at the invitation of Cornell professors. (May 29, 2007)

Survey: PCCW grants have positive impact for women researchers
Even small research grants can have a major impact on the success of female researchers early in their careers, a survey by the President's Council of Cornell Women concludes. (May 29, 2007)

CaRDI launches publications and programs on community development
Cornell's Community and Rural Development Institute has issued new publications in its continuing effort to help rural communities development programs, policies and training programs. (May 29, 2007)

Cornell NanoScale Facility to celebrate 30th anniversary
CNF expects hundreds of guests, including many from the Cornell research community, to attend its 30th anniversary celebration, 'The Future of Nanotechnology,' on June 14. (May 29, 2007)

Slide show of Commencement Day, May 27
Images from the 2007 Commencement ceremony, featuring President David Skorton's first Cornell Commencement address. (May 27, 2007)

Graduates fill Schoellkopf with props, joy and toys
About 6,000 graduates filed into Schoellkopf Stadium for Cornell's 139th Commencement May 27. As usual, a few students decorated themselves with unique accessories for the ceremony. (May 27, 2007)

Skorton calls for Marshall Plan to reduce global inequities
In his first Cornell Commencement address Sunday, May 27, before 6,000 graduates, President David Skorton, called for a new type of Marshall Plan 'to reduce inequalities that put members of your generation in danger.' (May 27, 2007)

Cornell helps document founding of historically black schools
Cornell Library is sharing its expertise in digital imaging, preservation and management with the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Library Alliance to expand a digital history collection. (May 27, 2007)

Library honors its top five student employees with Fuerst awards
Cornell University Library has honored the five student employees, all from the Class of 2007, with its Fuerst Outstanding Student Employee Award. (May 27, 2007)

Study examines how youth with disabilities transition to work
Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations' Employment and Disability Institute will partner with New York state on a five-year, $5.1 million study to help high school students with disabilities successfully go to college and get good jobs. (May 27, 2007)

2006 graduates earn more than any previous class
More graduates from Cornell's Class of 2006 entered the workforce directly after graduation than since the robust economy in the late 1990s, 'and they earned more than any previous Cornell class.' (May 27, 2007)

Ph.D. grads saluted in ceremony
President David Skorton welcomed doctoral degree recipients to 'the end of a long and complex journey' at the 15th Ph.D. recognition ceremony in Barton Hall on May 26. (May 27, 2007)

President and trustees greet graduates and families
David Skorton and Robin Davisson show their people skills as they connect with families and graduates at the couple's first Commencement Weekend. (May 27, 2007)

ROTC cadets and midshipmen receive their commissions
In blue, white and green, cadets and midshipmen become officers as parents bid their children safe passage to distant service. (May 27, 2007)

Slide show of May 26 Commencement Weekend events
Images from the 2007 ROTC commissioning, Convocation, DVM Hooding Ceremony and President's Family Reception. (May 26, 2007)

Dean Smith calls Class of 2007 one of the best he has ever seen
The 81 newest Cornell-minted doctors of veterinary medicine will see their field change rapidly in the coming years, said Veterinary College Dean Donald Smith in his final address to the Class of 2007 on May 26. (May 26, 2007)

Soledad O'Brien urges seniors to 'follow your own dreams'
Journalist Soledad O'Brien urged Cornell's Class of 2007 to ignore naysayers and to define themselves on their own terms during her address at Senior Convocation, May 26 at Schoellkopf Stadium. (May 26, 2007)

Meinig family gives $25 million to support life sciences research
On May 25, Cornell President David Skorton announced the $25 million gift, which will establish the Nancy and Peter Meinig Family Investigatorships in the Life Sciences. (May 26, 2007)

Milstein family honored as 'positive forces for change' at Cornell
Paul Milstein Hall, said President David Skorton, will be a 'spectacular addition to the campus, heralding a new era for the College of Architecture, Art and Planning.' (May 25, 2007)

Why annual fund is one of Cornell's 'most essential resources'
The Cornell Annual Fund supports every person, in every study, every year, says trustee Robert Katz '69, and allows the university to make strategic investments and take advantage of opportunities that emerge. (May 24, 2007)

Graduating engineers find strong and active job market awaits
Employers find there are few graduating engineers left to hire, as dot-com debacle of five years ago fades into history, says Mark Savage, director of Engineering Co-Op and Career Services. (May 24, 2007)

Joe Veverka takes control of NASA's Stardust mission
On May 15 Cornell's Joe Veverka led a team of astronomers and engineers in a final pitch for the mission that would use the still-healthy Stardust spacecraft to visit the comet Tempel 1 two years after Deep Impact. (May 23, 2007)

AAP building naming ceremony to honor Milstein family
Cornell will recognize the generosity and vision of the Milstein family at a May 24 naming ceremony for Paul Milstein Hall, the planned expansion of the College of Architecture, Art and Planning. (May 23, 2007)

Actor, doctor Milt Kogan finishes his CU degree -- 50 years later
Milt Kogan graduates this weekend. The 71-year-old Hollywood actor, medical doctor and Peace Corps volunteer will then stay in town for two more weeks after Commencement -- to attend his 50th Cornell Reunion. (May 23, 2007)

David Skorton reflects on his first year at Cornell
In an interview with the Cornell Chronicle, David Skorton takes a look back on his first year as Cornell's president. (May 22, 2007)

Cornell's alma mater goes hip-hop
In 2005, two students created a hip-hop version of the Cornell alma mater. The song, called 'Da Alma Mada,' began as a class project and has since gained popularity among students and faculty. (May 22, 2007)

CU gets high marks from peer institutions in nanotech rankings
Small Times magazine's third annual survey of top nanotechnology institutions placed Cornell in the top 10 of every category listed, including research, education and facilities. (May 22, 2007)

The Ezra Files: Cornell, the university, is born, at last
Although Andrew Dickson White introduced a bill into the New York State Senate in 1865 to establish Cornell University and its reception was positive, its passage was by no means a sure thing. (May 22, 2007)

Meet some members of the Class of 2007
In their own words, 20 remarkable members of the Class of 2007 reflect on life, learning and the future. (May 22, 2007)

Meet the humanists: Daniel R. Schwarz
Schwarz is the Frederic J. Whiton Professor of English Literature and Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow at Cornell. (May 22, 2007)

Feldman to lead Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies program
Shelley Feldman, professor of development sociology, will bring an international perspective to Cornell's Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies program when she becomes its director July 1. (May 22, 2007)

Parking, road closures for Commencement weekend
The university has issued a list of special changes for roads and parking on campus to accommodate Commencement Weekend activities, May 25-27. (May 22, 2007)

CU celebrates 139th Commencement Weekend, May 26-27
Cornell President David J. Skorton will give his first Commencement address, and the Convocation speaker will be CNN television journalist Soledad O'Brien. (May 21, 2007)

Merrill Scholars honor influential high school and CU teachers
Cornell's Merrill Presidential Scholars Program will honor this week 36 seniors and the high school teachers and university faculty members who made important contributions to the students' lives. (May 21, 2007)

Cornell Tradition honors 11 of its graduates
The Cornell Tradition, an alumni-endowed student recognition program at Cornell, has honored its own graduating seniors with recognition awards. (May 21, 2007)

Dan Sisler wins top honor from Helen Keller International
Daniel Sisler, the Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor Emeritus of Agricultural Economics, has been named the 2007 recipient of the prestigious Spirit of Helen Keller Award. (May 21, 2007)

CU receives federal award for equal employment opportunity efforts
Cornell was one of five organizations awarded an Equal Employment Opportunity Award for demonstrated exemplary efforts in achieving equal employment opportunity in the workplace. (May 21, 2007)

Cornell publications win five awards in CASE annual competition
Cornell Publications and Marketing, University Photography and the Cornell Chronicle in garnered five medals in the Council for Advancement and Support of Education 2007 competition. (May 21, 2007)

Johnson School student starts a family and a business
Adam and Emilie Liebhoff will both graduate with their MBAs this May, three months after Emilie gave birth to their daughter, Lilly. During school Emilie also launched a business, a mother/daughter sports camp. (May 21, 2007)

Music professor wins award for new book on jazz
Associate professor of music Steven Pond's book, 'Head Hunters: The Making of Jazz's First Platinum Album,' received a Guthrie Book Award from the International Association for the Study of Popular Music. (May 21, 2007)

Two Cornellians elected to American Philosophical Society
Paul A. Marks, professor at the Weill Cornell Medical College, and alumnus Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak were elected to the APS, the oldest learned society in the United States. (May 21, 2007)

Jet lag: It's all about chemical reactions in cells
New research by Cornell and Dartmouth researchers explains the biological mechanism behind how circadian clocks sense light through a process that transfers energy from light to chemical reactions in cells. (May 18, 2007)

Book tells everything you wanted to know about rodent societies
Evolutionary biologist Paul Sherman is co-editor of 'Rodent Societies: An Ecological and Evolutionary Perspective,' a book that focuses on the social and reproductive behavior of rodents. (May 18, 2007)

Deadly fish virus VHSV spreading throughout Great Lakes Basin
The viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus has been identified in 19 fish species in the Great Lakes Basin and is approaching epidemic proportions, says Paul Bowser, professor of aquatic animal medicine. (May 17, 2007)

Latham honored for 'improving nutrition in Africa'
Professor Emeritus Michael Latham was awarded the first Lifetime Achievement Award from the African Nutrition Graduate Students Network for 'improving nutrition in Africa.' (May 17, 2007)

Lee Kraus wins Endocrine Society's young researcher award
Biologist W. Lee Kraus has received the Richard E. Weitzman Memorial Award, which recognizes an exceptionally promising young clinical or basic investigator for his or her independent scholarship. (May 17, 2007)

The Ezra Files: Fostering a vision
In early 1865, Ezra Cornell, as a wealthy senator in the New York Legislature, continued to lay the foundation for founding a new institution of higher learning. (May 17, 2007)

Karen Walters named Chronicle assistant director
Karen Walters has been named assistant director of the Cornell Chronicle, effective July 1, it was announced last week by Tommy Bruce, vice president for university communications. (May 17, 2007)

Weill Cornell celebrates nation's largest organ transplant program
Close to 1,000 organ transplantation patients, donors and families reunited with their medical teams in New York City May 4 for a Circle for Life celebration. (May 17, 2007)

Incoming Vet College dean talks about priorities for the college
Professor Michael Kotlikoff, incoming dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine, discusses research, trends and the hospital for animals. (May 16, 2007)

Cornell Caltech Atacama Telescope project moves forward
The University of Colorado at Boulder and the United Kingdom Astronomy Technology Centre have signed an interim agreement to join the CCAT consortium. (May 16, 2007)

Four women faculty receive Research Initiative Awards
Four research grants for women faculty at Cornell have been awarded for the first time through the new Cornell ADVANCE Center, which is dedicated to recruiting and retaining women in science and engineering. (May 16, 2007)

'Green' lamp incorporates its waste shavings as components
Design professor Jack Elliott has created an award-winning pendant lamp that uses its own aluminum waste shavings, or swarf, as the diffuser, embodying the 'green' principles of reducing, reusing and recycling. (May 16, 2007)

Student films showcase talent
Student filmmakers' projects, varying from comedy to documentary, took shape over the past semester and were screened on campus recently. (May 16, 2007)

While recruiters look on, students showcase computer games
Looking at student-made computer games shown in the Spring 2007 Game Design Showcase, you might think you were in a commercial arcade. (May 16, 2007)

Cornell researchers take science to New York City schools
Staff and faculty from a variety of Cornell research centers traveled to New York to spend three days providing underrepresented populations with research-based science education programming. (May 16, 2007)

Helping citizens participate in government rule-making
To help government agencies deal with rule-making in the Internet age and make the process more accessible to the public, Cornell scientists and legal experts have created the Cornell e-Rulemaking Initiative. (May 16, 2007)

Lab of Ornithology team wins World Series of Birding
The Lab of Ornithology's competitive birding team won the annual World Series of Birding May 12-13 with 230 species sightings and soundings -- knocking out rival competitors for the third year in a row. (May 16, 2007)

New Yorkers celebrate urban birds, participate in citizen science
Children and adults joined the Lab of Ornithology and Cornell Cooperative Extension-New York City May 10-13 to Celebrate Urban Birds -- NYC. (May 14, 2007)

Tickets to go on sale May 23 for Dalai Lama talk Oct. 9 at Cornell
Cornell will host the Dalai Lama, speaking on 'A Human Approach to World Peace,' Oct. 9 at 2 p.m. in Barton Hall. Tickets can be purchased online only starting May 23. (May 14, 2007)

Science grad students become media savvy
Graduate students Dana Warren and Marissa Weiss designed an interactive workshop that gives future scientists a chance to think -- and communicate -- like journalists. (May 14, 2007)

Conference assesses priorities for federal research funding
Research related to the effects of climate change should be a high priority for applied federal research funds at Cornell, said participants at a daylong conference May 9. (May 14, 2007)

Bed bugs have made a worldwide comeback
After a 50-year hiatus, bed bugs are making a worldwide comeback, showing up in fancy hotels, hospitals, college dorms, schools and homes. (May 14, 2007)

Decimation of bee colonies has various causes, CU expert says
Parasites, pathogens and pesticides are all possible suspects in the staggering decline of honeybees, said Cornell associate professor of entomology Nicholas Calderone, during a media teleconference May 10. (May 11, 2007)

Guess who's coming to dinner: 55 seniors dine at Becker House
Most busloads of visitors to Cornell are schoolchildren on field trips, but on May 8, four buses delivered 55 senior citizens from the Greater Ithaca Activities Center to the Carl L. Becker House. (May 11, 2007)

Using soil to lock up carbon could help offset global warming
In the journal Nature, Cornell biogeochemist Johannes Lehmann writes that an economical way to help offset global warming is to pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere by charring biomass without the use of oxygen. (May 11, 2007)

Antje Baeumner awarded two prestigious fellowships
Antje Baeumner, associate professor of biological and environmental engineering, has been awarded a prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship and a Mercator Guest Professorship. (May 10, 2007)

Does tenure really work?
Professors Wendy Williams and Stephen Ceci write a Cornell Perspectives piece on why tenure doesn't necessarily confer moxie, and other findings from the frontlines of academic freedom. (May 10, 2007)

The Ezra Files: A propitious meeting with Andrew Dickson White
While serving in the New York State Senate, Ezra Cornell met Andrew Dickson White of Syracuse. At the time, Cornell was the oldest member of the Senate and White the youngest. (May 10, 2007)

Cornell establishes Center for Reproductive Genomics
The center will focus on the genetics of infertility, combining basic and clinical research in reproductive sciences on Cornell's Ithaca campus and at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City. (May 9, 2007)

How can Cornell reach climate neutrality?
At a May 7 panel discussion on reducing Cornell's environmental footprint, Cornell administrators, faculty members and students agreed that energy reduction and greater efficiencies will not be enough. (May 9, 2007)

Biodegradable composites company wins Johnson School contest
e2e Materials, a company based on technology developed by Cornell fiber science and apparel design professor Anil Netravali, won the seventh annual BR Ventures Business Idea Competition. (May 9, 2007)

Atkind faces felony animal cruelty charge
Alexander Atkind, a Cornell student who is alleged to have injured a dog in early March, has been indicted on a felony charge by a Tompkins County grand jury. (May 9, 2007)

Rover Spirit finds evidence of pyroclastic activity on Mars
A plateau on Mars known as Home Plate was likely the site of explosive volcanic activity, say scientists. And data collected by the rover Spirit also offers further evidence that water was once present at or beneath the planet's surface. (May 8, 2007)

Robert Lieberman explores old neighborhood in new film
Cornell physics faculty member Robert H. Lieberman goes home in his new film, 'Last Stop Kew Gardens,' a documentary about the Queens neighborhood where he grew up. (May 8, 2007)

Keith Johnson '56 funds digitization of Cornell Daily Sun
Keith Johnson '56, former editor-in-chief of the Cornell Daily Sun and longtime writer for Time Inc., made a major gift to Cornell Library last fall to digitize the Sun's first 50 years of publication. (May 8, 2007)

Alumnus Daniel Sarewitz publishes science policy book
'Shaping Science and Technology Policy,' co-edited by Daniel Sarewitz, Ph.D. '86,brings together emerging scholars to investigate current issues in science and technology policy. (May 8, 2007)

Journalist Simran Sethi visits sustainable development class
Self-described sustainability journalist Simran Sethi spoke during an April 27 campus visit on how to effectively convey information about climate change and environmental justice. (May 8, 2007)

First Green Report describes Cornell's sustainability efforts
Cornell's first Green Report, unveiled at a May 7 panel discussion on sustainability, outlines the university's ongoing efforts to reduce its environmental footprint. (May 7, 2007)

Vet College online videos take the anxiety out of caring for pets
A new Cornell educational program, Partners in Animal Health, is offering state-of-the-art videos with 3-D animations on a variety of pet-care topics, including trimming a cat's claws and giving insulin to a diabetic cat. (May 7, 2007)

Cornell Law School center to be dedicated in Paris July 17
The Cornell University Center for Documentation on American Law in Paris is an initiative of the Cornell Law School and the Cour de cassation, the highest court in the French judiciary. (May 7, 2007)

ILR presents program in Albany on the state of women in New York
In New York state, women entrepreneurs still have trouble obtaining credit for small business, women lawyers are still paid less than men and domestic workers need more protection to get fair wages. (May 7, 2007)

New eco-lawn guidelines: Focus on mowing, not early fertilizing
Most lawns in New York already have enough phosphorus and don't need supplementation, especially if clippings are left on lawns, according to recent research by Marty Petrovic of Cornell. (May 7, 2007)

Traumas make brains more reactive to fear, Cornell study shows
Even people who seemed resilient but were close to the World Trade Center on 9/11 have brains that are more reactive to emotional stimuli than those who were more than 200 miles away. The study is one of the first to look at the effects of trauma on the brains of healthy people. (May 6, 2007)

Students cheer the end of classes at Slope Day 2007
Cotton candy, free ice cream, a strongman contest. Was this the county fair? No, it's Slope Day 2007. (May 4, 2007)

When continents collide: CU geologist leads Tibet study
Cornell geologist Larry Brown is leading the fourth stage of a nearly 15-year seismic profiling effort in Tibet. Project INDEPTH aims to discover how continents formed millions of years ago. (May 4, 2007)

Kosali Simon is 2007 recipient of Thompson Prize
Assistant Professor Kosali Simon has won the prize from the Association of University Programs in Health Administration for 'contributions to the research literature in the field of health services.' (May 4, 2007)

CU astronomer finds that Mercury has molten core
Newly released data -- from 21 delicately timed observations at three telescopes taken over five years -- yields the strongest evidence to date that Mercury has a molten core, reports Jean-Luc Margot in Science. (May 3, 2007)

CU in Rome: 20 years of cultural immersion and shared experience
Cornell in Rome alumni, faculty and current students alike say the program provides an exceptional experience and opportunity to learn and grow, personally and as artists, urban planners and architects. (May 3, 2007)

Revisiting history and contemplating the modern, Roman style
Cornell in Rome alumni revisited familiar historic sites and saw contemporary additions to the city as part of the program's 20th anniversary activities. (May 3, 2007)

Why Cornell can't meet all financial need with grants
Tuition keeps going up, but that's because higher education is labor intensive and outside support is not increasing accordingly, says Provost Biddy Martin. (May 3, 2007)

The Ezra Files: Ezra Cornell ponders his fortune, 1863-64
The creation of Western Union had made Ezra Cornell a wealthy man. His philanthropies were numerous, but he always believed that the greatest good was education. (May 3, 2007)

High schoolers learn about careers in agriculture
At the first annual Technology, Food and Agricultural Career Day on March 22, almost 200 high school students learned about the growing career opportunities in agriculture. (May 3, 2007)

Program houses emphasize community, culture and giving back
Open to all, program houses can enhance students' academic learning, offer unique resources, activities and community service opportunities, and provide a sense of belonging within the giant Cornell community. (May 2, 2007)

Kate Duch elected student trustee
Kate Duch, ILR '09, has been elected student trustee, the Trustee Nominating Committee of the Cornell Board of Trustees announced April 30. (May 2, 2007)

Five Cornell faculty members elected to AAAS
Hector Abruna, Stephen Emlen, Isabel Hull, Jon Kleinberg and Stephen Pope are among 203 new fellows elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for 2007. (May 2, 2007)

Prenatal toxicity linked to immune dysfunctions in later life
A Cornell researcher has found that people who had been exposed to prenatal toxins and develop later-life diseases have in common an imbalanced immune system and hyperinflammatory responses. (May 2, 2007)

Tenure isn't providing academic freedoms as intended
Although tenure serves several important functions, it does not confer academic freedom as much as it was intended, especially among associate professors, according to a new Cornell study. (May 2, 2007)

'Far Above ... The Campaign for Cornell' is not just for Cornell
As CU's outreach programs flourish, it is clear that Cornell is becoming the land-grant university to the world. (May 2, 2007)

English is becoming a tongue neither bound to place or nation
The English language is being reclaimed and transformed in places that were once British colonies in South Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean, according to speakers at a conference, April 27-28. (May 2, 2007)

We should not be ashamed by mourning, says poet Sandra Gilbert
American society erroneously views mourning as an embarrassment or a disease in its own right and trivializes grief, said visiting professor Sandra Gilbert in an April 27 talk. (May 2, 2007)

More government support for the sciences is required, says Varmus
As a nation we simply don't care enough about science education, said Harold Varmus, president and CEO of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Institute in New York City, speaking on campus April 30. (May 1, 2007)

Student creates garment with bacteria-killing nanofibers
A student designer and fiber scientists team up to make a dress that prevents colds and a jacket that destroys noxious gases. The garments were featured at the April 21 Cornell Design League fashion show. (May 1, 2007)

Siepel receives Microsoft fellowship for computational genomics
Adam Siepel, assistant professor of biological statistics and computational biology, has been named one of five awardees for Microsoft Research's 2007 New Faculty Fellowship Program. (May 1, 2007)

Theory Center supercomputers crunch climate data to help farmers
Scientists in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences are using the facilities and expertise of the Cornell Theory Center to turn reams of weather and climate data into practical advice for New York farmers. (May 1, 2007)

Budding solar home features a light canopy and adaptable sunroom
Cornell's 2007 Solar Decathlon entry, now being built, features a freestanding 'light canopy' to support the house's equipment, 'green' screens and an adaptable sunroom. (May 1, 2007)

New Johnson Museum addition to expand exhibition, storage space
On April 30 the museum announced that it will break ground on a 16,000-square-foot addition in spring 2008. A public celebration of the new and original buildings will be held May 6. (May 1, 2007)

Poem in Your Pocket: Students share stage with NYC high schoolers
Six Cornell M.F.A. students presented their work at Poem In Your Pocket Day in Manhattan's Bryant Park April 27. Also reading were teachers, students and professors from NYC high schools and universities. (May 1, 2007)

Campus Environmental Colloquium stresses action
Don't just analyze but act and act now, said presenters at the April 28 Environmental Colloquium at Telluride House. Cornell researchers debated conservation and sustainability concerns. (May 1, 2007)

Nicholas Kristof says the Darfur situation keeps getting worse
As more aid groups leave, the crisis in Darfur gets worse, stressed New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof in an April 25 lecture. (May 1, 2007)